Game Review : 4 TYPES of GAMES

Typically after a game, you can launch GAME REVIEW on chess.com and it will state your accuracy level in % as well as your opponent.

Game Review will also classify the TYPE OF GAME, like this

This is very important, because if you want to improve in chess, you need to review which types of game you tend to do well and which types you need to work on.

Most books or advice tend to be " work on your openings", or " work on middlegame like tactics or strategy " or " study all endgames".

Also " analyze your games" and "practice". 

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But here are the 4 main types of games  I recommend using, and try to find out which ones you are comfortable with and which ones tend to lower your rating or accuracy.

The type 1 occurs typically in openings you understand well, and your opponent doesn't know as much and you don't give them a chance to really get into the game.

Type 2 is so frequent. " I had a  near winning position " , " I was winning but " , " I was 1 move away from converting ". All of a sudden, the games changes course . if you are on a winning side, you could say " you hustled" or " swindled" your opponent.

Type 3 are the very complex games where accuracy is low because only engines can find their way and select best options. Back and forth , winning losing draw winning patterns

Type 4 is where no real mistake is made and logical end of game is a draw.

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Visually, the Game Review graphs look like this for each game type

Tackle a category and try to see how you can improve. for Type 2, middle-game or tactics are important.

For Type 3, you want to analyze and calculate complex positions, not just practicing tacitcs.

if you have a lot of type 4, try to see if you can spice up your repertoire. 

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chess.com has 7 game shapes, but for me the 4 main types are sufficient.

Let me know if this is helpful at all !

Here are two examples at top level, I let you decide which types they belong too !

GRAPH A

GRAPH B